Week 24 - Weekly letter to Kaicho - 3 October 2016

We get to watch General Conference next week. I am way excited and like the week after that Elder Bednar is coming out to Japan so that is going to be way fun. I'm glad you guys went in with questions. You should always do that especially if it is a General Authority speaking. You can learn so much more if you pray and have a question.  At the MTC all of the speakers would always say, "I pray that the spirit will send me in the right way so that I can say what you guys need to hear." If we don't have questions it won't hace as much of an impact. The speaker will more be saying what he wants to say rather than the spirit prompting them to answer your questions.

Here is this weeks letter to the Nagano Kaichou. Also I haven't had interviews yet,  so no,  I have not received your hello from Nagano Shimai.

Dear President,
This week was way good! We saw a lot of miracles this week. We sadly weren't able to meet with Youta kun this week as he was way busy with his baito but should have some time to meet this week. We however did find a new investigator who seems really willing to learn and wants to improve his life. You can really tell that he has had some rough points in his life and that this gospel will really bless and help him change his life. We will hopefully be meeting with him this week.

While Dendouing in Takada a kokosei that Ogata Chōrō and I had talked with and given a Book of Mormon to a while ago,  came up to us and was like Morumon kyō? I have a Book of Mormon and I've read to Nephi and I'm
really interested and want to learn more. He is way nice and so prepared. He asked us our favorite parts and we each told him. Then a few days later we ran into him again and we talked to him and he told us that during school he had read some of Alma. Haha During class. That's so wonderful! He had a few questions about what he read so we answered them. He also has some interest in learning English too! We haven't been able to set up a time to meet with him because he is really busy right now with tests but soon he should be able to meet with him.

We also had a really great lesson with one of the less active Sisters in the area. Her name is Ishida shimai and she's been less active for quite a while. We were really trying to figure out why she won't come to church and why she won't read her scriptures even though she's been told by so many missionaries that it is important. She opened up to us and we really felt the spirit as we talked with her. She told us that she knows it's important to put God first and that she should read her scriptures and come to church. She promised us that she would read her scriptures and pray more often. She has never really opened up like that before and I'm so thankful that the spirit was there and touched her heart. As I've been thinking about Ishida Shimai, I keep thinking about Elder Bednar's talk, "Converted unto the Lord." So many people have testimonies and know it is true but when life gets hard they
don't stick to their testimonies and they fall away. It is so sad because they know it is true and they have seen the gospel work miracles in their lives and yet they stop following it and fall away. I am so thankful for this gospel and the comfort and assurance it provides. As we do our part I know the Lord will fulfill his promises and help us to reach our full potential.



I don't have to much to say for this week it was a quick week full of miracles. 

Well that's all I got for today! Oh also I might be going on emergency
exchanges soon but I'll tell you about that next week!

Love you!
�郅筏皮い蓼�
PS  Tell Cassi to write me!

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